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Remote and baffling except to the most daring climbers, the high peaks are a world apart where only the most tenacious of living things endure. Forests give way to stunted vegetation and finally to the hardiest of plants adapted to the rigours of cold and wind. Only animals such as the mountain goat and bighorn sheep are found here. In true-life colour this film presents an account of life at this specialized level.
NFB Website: Above the Timberline: The Alpine Tundra Zone
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is closed until the materials have been digitized. Many of the films can be accessed online through the National Film Board of Canada's website.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); National Film Board of Canada film collection, film #, NMAI.AC.438; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
35 km ESE of Miahuatlan, 5 km NE of Santo Domingo Ozolotepec, Cerro Quiexobra & vic. timberline vegetation., Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - Neotropics